Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has said that the government is keen to resolve the FTII issue as soon as possible. Talking to media on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi Friday, Mr Rathore said, Governement wants that FTII should be strengthened and further decisions in this regard will be taken after the three-member team constituted by the Ministry returns from Pune. When asked about the demand of agitating students who are protesting against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the institute’s chairman, he said, the recent incident is related only to the assessment of 2008 batch. He added that a course which is of three-year duration, could not be completed even in eight years, problems have arisen because of that.
The minister also emphasised that the process of assessment has not been initiated by the present government or after the strike but had begun in April 2013 and several warnings had been given to students of this batch.